FOR SOME TEEN GIRLS, SEXUAL PREFERENCE IS A SHIFTING CONCEPT: From the Washington Post

...Social scientists say that 5 percent to 7 percent of young people are gay or lesbian, and that teenagers are starting at younger ages to have same-sex sexual experiences: 13 for boys, 15 for girls.

But those figures don't begin to tell the full story about today's girls because girls, more often than boys, experiment with their sexuality and resist being placed in any particular group. ...

[Prep-school head David] Shapiro says he was "astounded" at the number of kids who stepped into the bisexual group [at a "Diversity Day" exercise]. As he thought about it, he concluded that "kids
today know the difference between behavior and orientation. They say, 'I may be behaving in this certain way, but I'll make up my own mind about who I am in my own time.' "

He searches for a comparison. "It's like saying, 'Mom, Dad, I'm going to take some courses in science but I'm not sure I want to be a doctor."

...Outside of conservative religious circles, the common understanding for years has been that homosexuality is largely genetic, based on physical attraction, and unchanging. Though an easy model to understand, if not accept, it has a major flaw: It is derived almost exclusively from male subjects.

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